“Compassion isn’t a sign of weakness, but a mark of civilization.”

—  Nicholas D. Kristof

" Where is the Love? http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/28/opinion/kristof-where-is-the-love.html?src=recg", New York Times, 27 November 2013

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